[ILUG] ILUG Question time :)

[Noel Carroll]

Well I wanted to get a list up and going like interviews at linux.ie, just so I
could get some type of decoration on the subject line that lookout (which is
what we use here) would have something to latch onto so that I could filter
everything to another folder.  As its a little nascent idea on my part, I'm
still thinking about how it could be kept going.  I don't want to be in the
position of writing to the list going "So come on guys, who do you reckon we
interview for this month" and trying to get up a bit of interest every
month.  Maybe we could do it as a monthly thing, or just keep it in line
with topical happenings, I don't know.  I suppose I'd have to see how it
evolves, or devolves even.  I have to admit I like the topical thing as I'm
rather keen to use our position as the committee of a really good LUG to get
a deeper insight into whats happening in the news by allowing the LUG
members to question the news makers.  Obviously, since people in the Open
Source community are quite busy, they might not be up for answering
questions from random LUGs as I'm sure we're not the only LUG doing this in
the world.  What I could do is, at a particular interval, gather together
the major events of that period and send around a list of possible
interviewees to the LUG so our members can vote on who to interview.  Thats
another idea.  Ideally I'd like to get this up and running and established
as something that happens every month, or every quarter or whatever and
something that LUG members can expect to happen and rely on to be there.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Guest [mailto:kwg at renre-europe.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:15 PM
> To: ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] ILUG Question time :)
> 
> 
> On 11 Jul 2001 11:54:40 +0100, Noel Carroll wrote:
> > I was thinking of maybe getting something going for the 
> ILUG like the
> > Slashdot Interview.  I'm not sure how successful this might 
> be but its worth
> > a shot.  For a start, do you think this is something you'd 
> be interested in?
> > My thoughts are that we could do local and international 
> people.  I think
> > this might have been tried before but I'm not sure and we 
> can see how it
> > goes this time.  So, are you convinced that you like this idea?  
> 
> Well it has been done before - evidence at 
> http://www.linux.ie/articles/interviews/
>  (witness the Gordon Matzigkeit, Mony Widenius and Caolan 
> interviews at
> the least).
> No problems with it being done again, only reason why I haven't been
> more active on this front is time and lack of questions coming in
> (even from people that suggested who it was they'd like to see
> interviewed).
> 
> 
> > If enough
> > people are interested, I'll get an address set up and we 
> can use that for
> > submitting questions as well as personalities we'd like 
> interviewed.  Then
> > I'll try and find out if the personalities want to answer 
> questions.  Once
> > as the answers are returned to me, I can forward them to 
> this list and get
> > them up on site.  
> 
> Well the way I did it, as you might recall, was to 
> 1// take in the questions either off the list or mailed to me directly
> 2// compile them and send them off to the interviewee
> 3// write up answers and post to the website
> 
> I don't know if you want to improve on this proc. or come up with
> your own, just thought it'd be handy for you to know how I did it
> (and not all that badly either IMHO).
> 
> k.
>  
> 
> 
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